A500 crash when harddrive connected - post recap.

[giZmo350]

I'd put lavender in my bath if it wasn't the side car socket.

Or, you might experience instability with ANY expansion card connected to the side car socket as maybe the socket is fine at the frontend, but the problem lies from the back of the socket to anywhere on the motherboard that handles signals from the expansion port.

Let's think about this.... time and money for a DiagROM or checking continuity from the back end of the connector to pretty much everywhere on the motherboard.

I would A) go for the DiagROM or, B) replace the expansion connector, or C) spring for a Rev6 motherboard.

BTW, do you know what revision motherboard you have? Let us know as the rev might give an additional clue.

Yo smerf, good to see you post up!!!! 

[giZmo350]

Have you ever used Keir Fraser's Systest? It's very comprehensive. It's a small executable that takes over the machine, and can also be downloaded as a bootable ADF image: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6F...RvOXVDd3M/view

Might give some insight.

[giZmo350]

Have you ever used Keir Fraser's Systest? It's very comprehensive. It's a small executable that takes over the machine, and can also be downloaded as a bootable ADF image: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6F...RvOXVDd3M/view

Might give some insight.

Never actually heard about it. Thanks for the tip, I'll test that out. That link didn't work though.

Try here on GitHub.... appears to be an updated version too. 

https://github.com/keirf/Amiga-Stuff